The Japanese is an opponent Murray knows well, the pair faced each other in the semi-final of the Olympic tennis tournament which the Scot took in straight sets.
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Ashe will protect the players from most of the wind, which will be helpful for the shot maker Dimitrov, and if the wind isn’t an issue Murray will have to play a lot better than he did in his last match against Paulo Lorenzi.
‘Andy is the best player right now out there, ‘ he admitted after the match.
As for the evening’s fastest serve, which Murray said would be the first time he’s topped 140 miles per hour: “I think that was lucky”.
“I enjoy it in here. Pretty pleased to be in the second week again”.
According to Matt Wilansky of ESPN.com, this is the sixth time Murray has won a Grand Slam match while losing five or fewer games.
A rematch with the man he defeated in the final, a resurgent Del Potro, could provide a fitting climax to the Argentina tie.
“That will be a tough match”, he said courtside. “I’m just disappointed with the amount of errors I made”.
“I played extremely well”, Murray said. I really want to work hard and show, “This is what you have to do”. So, yeah, it’s all my fault what happened on the court out there, ‘ commented Dimitrov.
I can’t see Murray winning in three unless he has a really good day and he looks short at [1.17] which is the shortest he’s been against Dimitrov since their first clash in 2011 in Bangkok.
‘I have played well against him in the past but he likes these conditions. Dimitrov’s recent progress under Dani Vallverdu, Murray’s former coach, was emphatically checked here. “First of all, he’s a great guy”. We share a lot of the same things. On the court, we kind of think similar.
“So far I think we’ve been doing a great job”. Yeah, just simplicity. That’s the key right now.
“He had a couple of breakpoints in the first game but once I got up in the score, wasn’t giving him any free points, I could sense it was getting tough for him”.
“Honestly, we haven’t thought about that yet”, he explained. ‘I ran out of fuel I think, physically and mentally.
In the women’s singles, Serena’s sister Venus crashed out, despite taking the first set against Karolina Pliskova. That’s just a good start for me. “I’m looking at the big picture, I’m happy to close it out and get through to another quarter”. I’ll be ready for that.
“When I made the decision to do the surgery, I always believed I will come back, for sure”.
“My best tennis is in there. He knows what to do”. I’m playing matches every day. Here is a different surface than Wimbledon, so my slices doesn’t go too well as I did in Wimbledon. I have a different game.
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“And after that, everything changed for myself, and now I’m here”.
